Clean-coal plant rejected

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Jan 31, 2008 at 12:01 AMJan 31, 2008 at 11:15 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Energy Department has canceled a futuristic, virtually emissions-free coal plant called FutureGen scheduled to be built in Illinois, saying yesterday that it preferred to spend the money on a handful of projects across the country that would demonstrate the capture and burial of carbon dioxide from commercial power plants.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Energy Department has canceled a futuristic, virtually emissions-free coal plant called FutureGen scheduled to be built in Illinois, saying yesterday that it preferred to spend the money on a handful of projects across the country that would demonstrate the capture and burial of carbon dioxide from commercial power plants.

The idea is for the government to pay for building the carbon-capture and storage facilities and the industry to build the modern coal-burning power plant. Each project would be designed to capture 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas linked to global warming, officials said.

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